Work & commute · Cold Spring

Work & commute in Cold Spring, KY

Most working residents leave Cold Spring for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Cincinnati (16%), Florence (5%) and Newport (5%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

91 of 2,670 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

23%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,579 Cold Spring residents head out of town to work, 91 work right here, and 2,856 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cold Spring.

2,579live here, work elsewhere

91live and work here

2,856work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cold Spring goes to work

Cincinnati, OH9.4 mi away

16%422

Florence11.6 mi away

5%138

Newport5.6 mi away

5%121

Covington4.8 mi away

5%121

Highland Heights1.8 mi away

3%93

Cold Spring (in town)right here

3%91

Alexandria4.3 mi away

3%89

Lexington-Fayette urban county67.4 mi away

3%80

Fort Thomas4.8 mi away

2%65

Edgewood6.8 mi away

2%55

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%1,395

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Cold Spring commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

51%

30%

16%

51%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cold Spring is balanced between jobs and homes

1.10jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.10 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Cold Spring are

2,947 jobs are based in Cold Spring. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Cold Spring’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Cold Spring

2,947 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities35%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Cold Spring residents hold

2,670 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+7%

Jobs based in Cold Spring, 2013 → 2023: 2,756 → 2,947. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.